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Modeling the Salish Sea:the MoSSea Project
Parker MacCready, Dave Sutherland, Neil Banas
Thanks to: PRISM, COFS, SoO, NSF, NOAA, EPA, and the Vetlesen Foundation
MoSSea: Modeling the Salish Seafaculty.washington.edu/pmacc/MoSSea
•Realistic hindcasts•ROMS v.3•Tides TPXO 7.1•Rivers (16): USGS
•Wind & Heat Flux: MM5•Ocean OBC: Global NCOM
Annual Cycle
Annual-mean Exchange Flow in the Salish Sea
Residence Times
Nested sub-model of Admiralty Inlet
Comparison: Tides
Comparison: Monthly CTD Casts
Comparison: CTD statistics
Comparison: Low-passed velocity
Comparison:Mooring T & S
SHELF HOOD CANAL
Comparison: Seaglider GH Line